False Hero

"Come Clay have a seat." 

Not taking the seat, Clay stood in front of Grey in shock as he said "Grey----- I am sorry. I just wanted to protect my broth---"

Grey got from his chair as he slid his chair on the side. "Don't be sorry, you were just protecting your brother. You are a man I trust Clay and it was obvious that you didn't betray me."

This time Clay didn't answer with anything else. He couldn't look at Grey in the eyes, neither he could look at any of his people. 

"Brother I am sorry---- I didn't ----- I promise that I didn't know----"

Ebony stepped forward as she spoke to Clay "Ten ----- ten of our people died!! they are all dead!!! They all look up to you and are waiting for you to provide justice. Their family ---- they are waiting for----"

Grey lifted his hand letting Ebony know that she should stop talking. Tapping at the table twice, Grey pointed towards the door as he said "Leave, take your brother with you and leave this city. Go as far from this city as possible because the next time I see you, I will kill you. So get far away from my sight, get out."

Ebony eyes widened but she didn't dare utter a word. Clay stood there as tears flowed out of his eyes. Ermic came and opened his binding as Grey gestured him to do it.

But after a minute, Clay opened his mouth, "I---- I really loved this organization, so much so that i would give my life for it. It was awesome Grey and you will always be my brother. Thanks for sparring my brother, I would never forget this."

Grey turned around, showing his back to Clay as he said "Ah, it was nice having you here, but you should go now."

Clay turned to walk towards the door, but before he went out of the office. He remembered the face of all the people that died for him. He couldn't simply walk away from the organization and take the only chance for justice from them.

In a slow but determined voice he spoke as he said "I will execute my brother myself, I can't abandon my people and take the chance of justice from them."

"Yes, I am ready to accept this punishment," said Erwin with an even more determined look than Clay.

With a sudden movement, Erwin was slammed onto the wall. As Grey held his sword near his throat. The sharp edge of the sword opened a small cut on Erwin's throat. 

With a furious look on his look, Grey asked "Do you know what it feels like when there is a sword near your neck? do you know what it feels like that you are going to die? are you taking dying so easily? huh?!! 

With each passing second, do you know what I am feeling like? do you have any fucking idea? ten of my people died!!! my people!! there were my people!! I said that I would protect them, they all fucking believed in me!!!"

Grey's hand was shaking vigorously to the point that it sent a chill down on everyone's spine. Grey's voice broke as he said "they wanted to go clean, they didn't want to fight. That's why they took the job that would be less risky for them, but yet they------"

Grey didn't speak any further. He stepped back, walking closer to his chair, he sat down. He tapped his feet vigorously as he rubbed his face.

"Ebony, Give me the sword, I will execute him." 

Grabbing hold of the sword, he made his brother kneel. Raising his sword, he was ready to chop his brother's head. But he stopped, he couldn't do it. 

It was his little brother. He was incapable to do it, but he grabbed his sword tightly as he readied his sword to do it.

"get out," said Grey slowly. 

"Huh?"

"Get out, I will do it myself. Go and take a day off or something, I don't want you to see your brother dying. go away."

"But Grey-----"

"GET OUT!"

Clay walked out of the office, he didn't look back at his brother neither his brother turned to look towards him. Maybe they choose this way to say each other goodbye. this was this brother's way to say goodbye to each other. 

"Ebony put a cloth on his head." 

As Grey said Ebony wrapped a cloth around Erwin's head. Walking closer to him Grey readied his sword, with a single swing of sword Grey severed his windpipe, jugular vein, and carotid artery in a single strike. 

Blood sprayed across the office, coloring it into the color of crimson. Twitching for a while, but his body became lifeless soon enough. 

A little bit of Blood sprayed on Grey's hair, coloring the white hair in red. Grey didn't wipe the blood from his hair. 

He walked out of the office as he said "Take the body and give him a proper burial. I will be back."

Walking through the factory, he stepped down the similar stairs of an abandoned Nyx church. Looking at the three moons, Grey chuckled "The small one, it's red today. Maybe you will vibe with me since there will be more blood spilled today. Today the number of people I have killed with increased by a significant amount. Funny, isn't it?"

Among the three moons, one of them was in the shade of blood-red today.

Condensing an icicle sword Grey placed it on his backstrap. On the other hand, he summoned the snake polearm as he walked towards the rattle gang hideout.

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In a dark underground, sever, group of some men was seated in a circular manner facing each other. 

Taking a peek at his card, one man smiled in a vile manner as he said "I raise, thirty in this round."

The group of men was playing poker, but the man with the vile smile was beating the entire purpose of poker.

This sever was the hideout of these men and there were around 100 more men like this who started living here. They live together, where they plan the organized crime. With each other's support, they survive well.

In real society, they were weak and powerless to do anything, so they could only survive with each other's help. Together they are the strongest.

On the other side, a group of men and women were counting a bunch of money. A woman smiled excitedly as she held money "Scamming that money was very much worth it!!!"

"Old men and women are very much easy to deceive, it was a great plan, wasn't it!!"

She kissed the coin as she said "It was very much an amazing plan, perhaps we should extort some money from her by beating her up!! what do you think?"

The man laughed as he agreed "I would help if you- you --- would kiss me"

"Okay, but we will beat that woman up later, okay?" said the woman as she leaned in close to kiss the man.

"Don't forget about us!" said the rest of the men and woman who was seated over there.

"Yes yes, we will go together." said the woman as she leaned closer to the man as she stuck her tongue out, but before she could kiss him she felt something against her tongue.

"Guh!!"

With a swing of a lance, a bunch fore pressed against her tongue and lips. The boy who smashed her tongue in raised his lance and rested it back on his shoulder. There was a smudge of blood on his polearm.

The woman's tongue got severed as it fell down on the ground. A tooth was stuck against her lips, the rest of her teeth were scattered all across the face. Some even went inside her throat. 

Her mouth was smashed wide open, the tip of her tongue was stuck outside. Well, whatever the part of her tongue was remaining.

The man who was going to kiss the woman looked at the boy in utter shock. His shock turned into rage as she spoke "What the fuck did -----"

With a sudden impact, the boy trusted the lance in that man's mouth. Shoving it straight smashing the back of his mouth. Tearing the flesh, the lance went out of from the back of his neck. 

With a single straight thrust, the boy tore his esophagus apart. 

"Sorry, were you saying something? I am really sorry that I interrupted you." the boy took out the lance as he said, "Now you can speak again, I won't interrupt again." 

But talking was the last thing that man could do and eventually breathing was also among the list of things the man could not do. 

Apparently, the boy found it very amusing, his smile was wide as he said "Can't speak, eh?" 

Even though there were many---- many more of the men's and women present but no one dared to step ahead. They have seen all kinds of evil, but the boy that was standing in front of them was the evilest and cruelest of them all. At least for them.

"Perhaps I should make the arrangement that none of you can run away," said Grey as the smile on his face didn't disappear.. He look at all the men and women of the rattle gang as he said that.